Sheet-insetting mechanism for rotary multiple-web-printing machines



March 4, 1930. MORRIS 1,748,988

SHEET INSETTING MECHANISM FOR ROTARY MULTIPLE WEB PRINTING MACHINES Filed July 24, 1926 Patented Mar, 4, 1930 E WARD 'rHoMAsMoRRIs, or noivnom fnnerinnp, AssIGNon To anon & cg;mc,

vEw YORK, NQSL A CORPORA IO OF NEW-YORK I 1 'sHEEr-INsETTING MECHANISM FOR ROTARY. MUL LE wEB-PRINTI G MACH- nns 'Appl ication mainly24,11926,.seaa1 No. 124,7s7,-ana mereat a n July 29,1925; 1

' I This invention relates to sheet insetting I mechanism forrotary multiple web printing machines,

- In asheet insetting machine ofthis kind,

when a sheet from one printing mechanis1n is inset between ,two' sheets from another printing mechanism, it is usualto drive the mechanism printing the'sheet to beinserted at a speed slowerthan (say half of) that of the mechanism for printing the other two sheets. The sheet to be insetis fed by fric- 7 tion rollers or theilike, acting-in conjunction with a cuttingcylinder, towards a collecting cylinderwhich takes; charge of the sheets. At thefmoment that the sheets vare taken in charge by the collecting cylinder, the sheet which is to be insetisfreed from its cutting 7, cylinder and rollers, bymoving'theselatter awayfrom the said cutting cylinder.

Such mechanism," as 'arule, is found 'to work satisfactorily up to a certainspeed, but

I ',if the printing machinebe drivenat'a higher speed, so as,ffor example, to handle 10,000

copies an hour, it is found that the sheet may not be inset inproper position;

'According to the'present invention I pro vide in a machine as set forth above, forthe sheet to beinset," additional feeding means coacting pairs ofsuch, rollers may have their between the usualfeeding device and the collecting cylinder.

In one form of construction such additional feeding means comprises friction rollers,

parts of whose peripheries are stepped back,

the arrangement being such that the sheet'to Ibe inset is disengaged at the moment it is takenin charge by the collecting cylinder.

It is obvious that either one or both of the periphery or peripheries stepped back- In theaccompanying diagrammatic view which illustrates the invention, 1 is a paper web whichis led around a roller 2 and passes between cutting cylinders 3, 4, the cylinder 3 having a knife '5 which registers once during each revolution with a gutter 4:"i'n the cylin der l. 6 is ajcollecting cylinder provided with sheet taking-devices, as pins 6, and 7 is a cylinder which delivers sheets from the cylinder 6 to folding mechanism (not shown) A second web 8 is led (at half the speed'of theweb 1) around aroller 9 and ispassed between cutting cylinders 10, '11, the'cylinder 10 having aknife 12. which registers once the cylinders 3, 4, is cut by the knife 5, the I portion thus severed passing around the cylinder 6; after the cylinders 3, 4 have' completed another revolution, the web, following the trailing edge of; the severed portion, is cut by the knife 5, the leading edges ofth'is sheetiand the sheet previously severed. meet-1 ingas they pass into the nip of the rollers 4, 6. Simultaneously with the meeting of theleadingedgesof the said sheets, the: lead ing edge of a'sheet-which has beengsevered from the. web 8 bythe knife 12 is fed by the.

tioned sheets,"so-thatthe leadings edges or friction rollers 16, 17, between thefirstmenthe three sheets enter the nip-ofthe cylinders the web 8 ,is released fromthe rollers :16,

17,'-by the alinenlent of the stepped back portions 18-, 19.

4, 6 together. At this moment the sheet from" v The twosheets from the web 1. with the third-sheet'from the web 8, are then delivered;

to folding mechanism by the cylinders 6, 7.

What ,I claim is T I 1'; Inasheetinsetting machine, thecombination of cutting cylinders,-a collecting cyle inder, means inaddition;toiand c'ooperating .with the cutting cylinders for feeding th'csheet to be .insetfrom said cuttingcylinders to,s'aid collecting cylinder, and additional means running. at the speed ,of-ithe collecting cylinder forfe'eding the sheet tobe inset 10- cated between the first said means and the collecting cylinder and-havingprovisionfor releasing the sheet.

:2. In a sheet .insettin g machine, 'thejcomp,

binationof cutting cylinders," a collecting cylinder, means for feeding, the sheet to be inset from said cutting cylinders to .said colvlecting cylinder, and additional means run ning at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset located between the first said means and the collecting cylinder, comprising a friction roller having part of its periphery stepped back 7 3. In a sheet insetting machine, the combination of cutting cylinders, a collecting cylinder, means for feeding thesheet to be inset from said cutting cylinders to said collect: ing cylinder, and additional means running at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset located between a the first said means and the collecting cylinder, comprising a pair of friction'rollers, one of said rollers having part of its periphery stepped back. i I

L'In a. sheet insetting machine, the combination of cutting cylinders, a collecting cylinder, means for feeding the sheet to be inset from said cutting cylinders to said'collecting cylinder, and additional means running at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feedingthe sheet to be inset located between the first said means and the collecting cylinder, comprising a pair of friction rollers each having part of its periphery stepped back.

5. In a sheet insettingmachine, the combination of a collecting cylinder, cutting cylinders comprising a gutter cylinder and a'knife cylinder, a friction roller adapted to co.-operate with said gutter cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset to said'collecting cylinder, and additional means running at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset located between the gutter cylinder and friction, roller co-operating therewith and the collecting cylinder.

6. In a sheet insetting machine, the combination of a collecting cylinder, cutting cylinders comprising a gutter cylinder and a knife cylinder, a friction roller adapted to co-operate with said gutter cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset to said collecting cylinder, and additional means running at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset locatedbetween the gutter cylinder and friction roller co-operating therewith and the collecting cylinder,

its periphery stepped back.

7. In aisheet insetting machine, the combination of a collecting cylinder, cut-ting cvlinde'rs comprising a gutter cylinder and a k nife cylinder, a friction roller-adapted to co-operate with said gutter cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset to said collecting cylinder, and additional means running-at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset located between the gutter cylinder and friction roller co oper'- ating therewith and the collecting cylinder,

comprisinga pair of friction rollers, one of said rollers having part of its periphery i stepped back.

8. In a sheet insetting machine, the combination of a collecting cylinder, cutting cylinders comprising a gutter cylinder and a knife cylinder, a friction roller adapted to co-operate with said gutter cylinder for feeding the sheet to beinset to said collecting cylinder, and additional means runing at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset located between the guttercylinder and friction roller co-operating therewith and the collecting cylinder,

comprising a pair of frictionmrollers'r each 7 first feeding means and the cylinder and pro- 0 vided with means for releasing the sheet.

10. In a sheet insetting machine, the combination of cutting cylinders, a collecting cylinder, means cooperating with the cutting cylinders for feeding the sheetto be inset from the cutting cylinders to the collecting cylinder, and additional means running at the speed of the collecting cylinder for feeding the sheet to be inset thereto, comprising a pair of friction rolls located between the first means and-the collecting cylinder, the rolls having sheet holding surfaces of the same.

diameter as the collecting cylinder, and one of the rolls having its periphery stepped back.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 13th day of July, 1926. Y

EDl/VARD THOMAS MORRIS.

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